Social Value Ideas for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
We have identified 50 evidence-based social value themes for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council in Yorkshire and the Humber across 41 service areas. These insights are derived from the latest council meeting transcripts and can inform your social value strategy for bids and tenders.
£1.86m grant accepted
Cabinet approved acceptance of £1.86 million in Experts at Hand grant funding linked to the SEND reform plan. This is direct funding rather than a contracted spend, but it will support implementation …
“The recommendations are as follows: that Cabinet, one, approves the Barnsley Sen reform plan and approves submission of the plan to the Department of …”
SEND reform plan approved
Cabinet approved the Barnsley SEND reform plan and its submission to the Department for Education. The plan is presented as a response to national SEND reform, aiming to improve consistency, coordinat…
“Today, I'm introducing the Barnsley SEND reform plan. I'm asking cabinet to approve its submission to the Department for Education, along with the fun…”
Delegated authority for SEND funding
Cabinet delegated authority to the Director of Children's Services and the Director of Finance to manage the Experts at Hand funding in line with the SEND reform plan. This indicates operational decis…
“The recommendations are as follows: that Cabinet, one, approves the Barnsley Sen reform plan and approves submission of the plan to the Department of …”
£13m overspend and £30m budget gap
The council reported a £13 million overspend against budget for 2025-26, improving by £1.3 million from quarter three but still requiring reserves to be drawn down to balance the year. Members were al…
“The twenty fivetwenty six statutory accounts reflect the position reported today, and they've been submitted to the council's external auditor where w…”
Cost Pressures - £14m by Year End
Finance forecast shows circa £14,000,000 cost pressure by year end, with a £5m deterioration since Q2; ongoing pressures in children's social care and rising costs in adult social care.
“The current financial forecast is for cost pressure in the region of £14,000,000 by the year end. This is a further deterioration of £5,000,000 compar…”
Budget savings review underway
The cabinet member said there is no need to bring in external 'Doge' support because the finance team is already undertaking an internal line-by-line investigation of the accounts and is very professi…
“Speaker 21: Thank you, Councillor Higginbotham, for your question. Basically, there's no need to bring in Doge as we have the experience in our team a…”
Shift to needs-led support model
Cabinet agreed to discontinue universal pensioner, working-age and travel payments and move future cost-of-living support into the national Crisis and Resilience Fund model. This is a policy change fr…
“It is also proposed to end year 11 study packs and universal pensioner working age and travel payments, as they will no longer align with the new nati…”
Performance report shared onward
Cabinet formally agreed to review challenge and scrutiny of the corporate performance report and to share it with the overview and scrutiny committee so it can inform their ongoing work programme.
“Okay, the recommendations are as follows: That's Cabinet one, review challenge and scrutiny the contents and delivery of the corporate performance rep…”
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